Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body : lectures before the training schools for nurses connected with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, German Hospital, Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia Lying-In Charity Hospital, the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine, and the Kensington Hospital for Women, of Philadelphia / by Kurre W. Ostrom.

  • Ostrom, Kurre W. (Kurre Wilhelm), 1865-
Date:
1895
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Credit: Massage and the original Swedish movements : their application to various diseases of the body : lectures before the training schools for nurses connected with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, German Hospital, Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia Lying-In Charity Hospital, the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine, and the Kensington Hospital for Women, of Philadelphia / by Kurre W. Ostrom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    used upon the extremities, the back of the head, and in single massage of the neck (Gerst's method). Stroking with Both Hands is used upon the lower extremities of adults, upon the chest (see Fig. 2) and back, also in double massage of the neck. Fig. 3. / Stroking with the Thumb. Stroking with the Thumb (see Fig. 3) is used between two muscles, or between a muscle and a tendon; also frequently to reach the Interossei in the hands and the feet. Stroking with the Tips of the Fingers (see